Sponsored bills
Relates to enacting the "ratepayer disclosure and transparency act" which requires an annual report to the governor and legislature.
Provides that an individual may be excused from jury duty if such service would cause a financial hardship to a self-employed individual.
Excludes board of cooperative educational services capital expenses from the school district tax levy limit.
Protects the right of privacy of victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of the HIV virus, who are under the age of 18; provides that the gender and address of victims under the age of eighteen be kept confidential.
Enacts the "New York farmer recruitment and retention act of 2018"; directs the board of regents and the education department to investigate and study undergraduate agricultural programs with the goal of identifying programs which encourage entry into agricultural production; establishes agriculture producer scholarships for students who agree to be agriculture producers in the state for a certain period of time after graduation; establishes the producer's loan forgiveness program; directs the board of regents and the education department to establish and implement an outreach program to encourage elementary and secondary school students to enter the agricultural field; directs the commissioner of agriculture and markets to report to the governor and the legislature on reducing taxation on land used in agricultural production; appropriates funds therefor.
Relates to the commissioner of education granting schools variances for alternative assessments.
Changes the mandatory date for kindergarten enrollment from December first to August thirty-first.
Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license.